The US military-industrial complex and the US mainstream media often describe the leadership of North Korea, headed by President Kim Jong-un, as crazy and irrational. But what could be more crazy and irrational than doing the same thing over and over again and...
Month: September 2016
Oliver Stone’s New Movie ‘Snowden’ Tackles the Myth
by Peter van Buren | Sep 15, 2016 | Featured Articles
Snowden is a helluva movie, kicking an audience’s ass on a number of levels. I had a chance to see the film last night at a preview event; it opens everywhere on September 16. Go see it.On one level the film presents Snowden’s story as a political thriller. A brave...
Politicians Won’t Make America Great Again
by Adam Dick | Sep 15, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Wednesday, I was a guest on Liberty Talk Radio with host Joe Cristiano. The interview explored many topics, including foreign intervention, incarceration in America, the United States presidential election, and my new book, A Tipping Point for Liberty: Exposing and...
Israel To Get Biggest US Aid Package In History – A Good Idea?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 15, 2016 | The Liberty Report
US National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with her Israeli counterparts yesterday to sign an historic aid deal that will see $38 billion dollars shipped from US taxpayers to the Israeli military. In a press conference, Rice claimed that, "[t]his MOU is not just good...
Can New Syria Ceasefire Hold?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 14, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The "new" ceasefire in Syria seems a lot like the one from earlier this year. This time, according to John Kerry, the Syrian government has to ask permission from the US before it bombs rebels in the country. In exchange the US has agreed (or not, depending on which...
Rep. Thomas Massie Joins the Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board
by Adam Dick | Sep 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US House of Representatives Member Thomas Massie (R-KY) is the newest addition to the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity (RPI) Advisory Board. RPI Executive Director Daniel McAdams first made the announcement of Massie’s selection as a board member Saturday...
Republic Not Empire
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
The following is a modified version of the speech I delivered at the Ron Paul Institute’s “Peace and Prosperity” conference in Virginia on September 10, 2016. On the Fourth of July in 1821, John Quincy Adams delivered one of the most remarkable speeches in American...
Israel Wins in November – It Doesn’t Matter Who is Elected
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
There is considerable chatter about who will win in some of the hotly contested congressional races around the country, but one thing is certain: whoever triumphs will soon be receiving a nice all expenses paid luxury trip to Israel to learn all about Benjamin...
Kerry: US Must Approve All Syrian Airstrikes During Ceasefire
by Jason Ditz | Sep 13, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In an attempt to clarify questions about the Syrian ceasefire, and the Nusra Front not being a party to it, Secretary of State John Kerry today offered more details, confirming that the US and Russia needed to provide joint permission before the Syrian government was...
The Fed Plans for the Next Crisis
by Ron Paul | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
In her recent address at the Jackson Hole monetary policy conference, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by the end of the year. Markets reacted favorably to Yellen’s suggested rate increase. This is...
Truth About 9/11
by Eric Margolis | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
“America’s strategic and economic interests in the Mideast and Muslim world are being threatened by the agony in Palestine, which inevitably invites terrorist attacks against US citizens and property.” -Eric Margolis Sun Media Sept 2 2001 (nine days before the Sept 11...
The Truth About War and the State
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
This talk was delivered at the Peace and Prosperity 2016 Conference of the Ron Paul Institute. Not long ago I was thinking about the legacy of Murray N. Rothbard, the brilliant scholar and the creator of the libertarian movement, as well as a dear friend to both Ron...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Vaccination Mandate, Kratom Ban, Trump Biometrics, NRA Position, Colin Kaepernick
by Adam Dick | Sep 9, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Thursday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
The Trumpillary War Machine Is Bad News
by David Swanson | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured Articles
I was fortunate enough to view a screening of the new Snowden movie Wednesday evening with some of the whistleblowers who have cameos in it and with its director Oliver Stone. I'm not allowed to review it until Saturday night, but it is a truly great movie and has the...
Top 10 Western Lies About Syrian Conflict
by Neil Clark | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured Articles
Here are 10 of the worst lies that have been peddled by the West regarding Syria, with the aim of giving people living in Western countries an entirely false view of the conflict that has been raging in the Middle East country since 2011. As in the case of previous...
Judge Napolitano: FBI Tricked Hillary
by Robert Wenzel | Sep 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The FBI set up a trap for Hillary Clinton during their questioning of her and she fell right into it, according to Judge Andrew Napolitano.Judge Napolitano appeared yesterday morning on the Don Imus Show on WABC radio and told Imus that at one point early in their...
Newly Released FBI Records Raise Questions of Intentional Destruction of Evidence By Clinton Contractor
by Jonathan Turley | Sep 7, 2016 | Featured Articles
One of the most troubling aspects of the recently released documents from the FBI is a timeline established for when Clinton staffers used BleachBit to try to eradicate emails and prevent them from ever being recovered. It appears that staff may have deleted the email...
Iran: The Inside Story
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 7, 2016 | The Liberty Report
In a very special Liberty Report, today we speak with Benjamin Ahdoot, an Iranian-American of Jewish heritage who just spent three months in Iran. Are the neocons telling us the truth about Iran? Benjamin sets them straight! Don't miss this interview!
US Blocks Former British Ambassador From Entering America to Honor CIA Whistleblower
by Peter van Buren | Sep 7, 2016 | Featured Articles
The United States over the weekend denied travel to a former British ambassador, Craig Murray, who was also a British diplomat for some 30 years, and is the author of several books. Murray has stood twice for election to the House of Commons. He was “honored” by being...
For What Do We Stand?
by Butler Shaffer | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured Articles
The humanoid collective is in an unforgiving snit over the refusal of NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, to stand for the playing of the national anthem. For a society that was once grounded in a greater tolerance for individual values and preferences, this reaction...
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